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Another race to shut the critics who say the ducati can only win due to it's speed. This is the second race in a row where stoner has proven them all wrong (and some poeple on here)

Also mad props to West for his 11th. Would of been on the podium had he not fell off. Pretty good for his first ever time on a MotoGP bike.

Also nice to see the textan tornado with a strong 2nd place.

I can't understand why anyone would want to watch Formula 1 when you have racing like this.

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i don't think anyone said Ducati can only win due to its 'straight line speed' (i presume that's what you mean).

another mature race from Stoner and quality wet ride from Vermuelen.

what sort of lap times was Westy putting down after his fall compared to Stoner, Edwards, Vermuelen and Rossi? prior to the fall he was looking very good, was he able to keep the pace up (relatively) as the track dried?

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After watching the last F1 race, realised just how good MotoGP has been this year.. so much overtaking and good racing. Im also loving F1, but i guess the success of Stoner so far this season is really making it great to watch.

I think it came down more due to tyres. And stoner has never been a fan of assen. He did well for second place.

And i wouldn't say the yamaha is inferior to the ducati, maybe in outright horsepower but under brakes and in corners the M1 looks more stable to me than the duc.

It seems as though tyres are playing a huge role in deciding the top podiums this year.

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stoner is looking pretty much unstoppable this year. it will be nice to see another aussie with a world title. shame his tyres weren't up to the task or he almost certainly would have had a podium.

Dani was on fire. His race pace was unbelievable. Lapping about 2 seconds faster than everyone else by the end.

Stoner must of chosen the wrong tyre espcially seeing as how capirossi was going fine right till the end of the race.

Nice to see Ant West finish 9th i beleieve. Not bad going for his first time ever on the bike in the dry.

Rossi' move on de penuiet was pretty awesome, just pushed the front that little too hard and had it tuck on him. The lean angle he had was nuts though, awesome stuff.

This weekend brings on Laguna Seca. Where Hayden has won it in the past two years. I'm sure he will be out to impress his home race.

In all the excitment of the f1 i forgot about MtotGP... i watched the opening laps but had to come to work

... only to find out Stoner has done it gain!!!

Not to mention Vermeulen came in second... Hayden going out made me LOL. Casey really did romp it in and with Rossi only finishing 4th, the championship is looking damn good. News is that Melandri is joing Stoner next year at Ducatti and Capirossi is out on his ass... Its all happening today

It was a great race...Stoner is on fire...his gap is too big to catch now unless he totally screws the pooch in the next few races...Its great to see a really talented aussies in motorsport...we have a few now..Stoner, Vermulan, Power...and NOT Webber

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